Gardner over Coulp in Dist. 15

DOVER — Janice Gardner of Dover took the seat in the Strafford County state representative District 15 race, which consists of Dover Ward 3.

Gardner received 1,634 votes and her opponent, Marga M. Coulp received 1,246 votes.

Gardner, 74, is retired with a bachelor’s of science degree from the University of New Hampshire. She has lived in Dover since 1965. Her parents moved to Dover from Berlin when she was a child. She lived in Washington, D.C., Kentucky, Connecticut and New Jersey.

“I treasure the New Hampshire values I have lived with; it has been troubling to watch my state legislature taken over by ideologues who do not share these values,” she wrote during the campaign. “I believe that I have no right to complain if I am not willing to step up and work to make things better.”